Brandon Weston grew up hearing "strange" stories about his multi-generational Ozarks family, rooted in the area since the 1800s. A popular one was about his great uncle Bill, who was considered a ...

A RESEARCH project that has uncovered “magic” rituals from Tasmania’s colonial past has attracted interest from one of England’s leading heritage organisations. The Tasmanian Magic Project has ...

FORENSIC FOLKLORIST: "I'm excavating [folk] practices from older generations," says Byron Ballard, known as Asheville's village witch. Photo by Machaela Treadway Known as Asheville’s village witch, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Generations of women have been taught that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. Medieval women ...